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Gnathophis tritos

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Gnathophis tritos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Gnathophis
Species:
G. tritos
Binomial name
Gnathophis tritos

Gnathophis tritos is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1977.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Straits of Florida, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 458–567 meters.[2]

Gnathophis tritos was given its species epithet due to its being the third species in its genus discovered in the western Atlantic.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Gnathophis tritos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T190487A1953406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T190487A1953406.en. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Gnathophis tritos at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Smith, D. G. and R. H. Kanazawa, 1977 [ref. 4036] Eight new species and a new genus of congrid eels from the western north Atlantic with redescriptions of Ariosoma analis, Hildebrandia guppyi, and Rhechias vicinalis. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 27 (no. 3): 530-543.